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Sit on my face
 
Also, Jim Hughson sounding like he was going to cry after Chicago dominated Vancouver for a second straight season in the second round last night was absolutely beautiful to hear. I was happy for the rest of the week just thinking about it.
 
Metalleaf said:
Mark Lee and Kevin Weekes please.
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Yeah, I don't understand why those guys don't get more games than they do. I remember they called one Leaf game late last season, and wow, what a breath of fresh air compared to the Canuck knob polishing duo. And I'd be interested to hear what exactly Paul Romanuk did to get himself blacklisted from the industry. Him and Gary Green were terrific calling the WJC's for years. Certainly miles ahead of chinless and baldy.
 
MacArthur, Leafs look to alter history

MacArthur on the Leafs' next game in Buffalo:

“We’re going to win it,” MacArthur said Wednesday of Friday’s impending battle against his ex-teammates. “We’ve got to win it. At some point, things have to change for us there.”

Unaware of just how deep the Maple Leafs mediocrity has run in Buffalo since the Sabres first entered the league in 1970-71, MacArthur was informed that Toronto teams pretty much have lost two out of every three games they have played there, either at the since-demolished Memorial Auditorium or the HSBC Arena, the rink the Sabres now call home.

“Really? That really peeves me off,” he said.

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“It’s not like we would blow them out during my Sabre days when they would come into Buffalo,” MacArthur said. “I remember there being a lot of very tight games.

“It’s not like we would sit around the dressing room in Buffalo saying: ‘Oh, look, the Leafs are coming to town. This should be easy.’ Not at all. They always were tough games.”

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“I’m not sure if Ryan Miller is playing,” Wilson said after Wednesday’s practice, “but we’ve already lost to them once this year and he didn’t play in that one.”

Miller or no Miller, MacArthur knows what the Leafs have to do.

“We need to get a win in Buffalo over a division rival,” he said.
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http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2010/11/24/16301156.html
 
Kritter said:
I'll go out on a ledge here but my guess would be ..... pussy?
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Good call, sir.

Paul Romanuk's road from Ryerson to England:

After almost two decades of broadcasting play-by-play for everything from National Hockey League games, to Toronto Raptors basketball, to countless international sports tournaments, Romanuk decided it was time for his career to take a back seat after his wife of almost 20 years, Kari Kerr, was offered a corporate communications job with Coca-Cola in London.
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Here's a potential worst-case scenario for the New York Islanders: In July 2012, when John Tavares' entry-level contract expires, he expresses his displeasure for the club and wants to say.

That's the scenario ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun explores: "My biggest concern if I were an Islanders fan is what John Tavares and his powerful agent Pat Brisson (Crosby, Toews, Kane) will think once the star forward's entry-level contract is up in July 2012. Your top priority right now must be to make sure you don't lose his enthusiasm for wanting to stay in Long Island."

Given the precedent of other No. 1 picks, Tavares is due for a huge raise in two years, which might mean the negotiations will be long and drawn out.
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Welcome to the T-Dot John.
 
Tavares has a little Lindros in him.

I think he's more likely to leave than other comparable players in his situation if he doesn't like the direction of the team.
 
That's exactly what I was thinking as I watched highlights of the Isles losing their 14th in a row.

"when does Tavares' contract expire?"

He has nobody to play with, and NYI is not going to bring anyone in to help or mentor him. Heck, NYI is a team who refuses to put their injured players on LTIR just to make the league's minimum cap requirement. This is a team who cannot afford to call up players from the AHL because they are so dirt cheap. This is the same team that's given its radio broadcasting rights to a university radio station.

This is a dysfunctional organization that cannot even see the light at the end of the tunnel. If I were Tavares, I gotta wonder, why the heck am I ruining my career here? I would whine, hold out, do anything just to leave this team if I were Tavares.
 
number17 said:
That's exactly what I was thinking as I watched highlights of the Isles losing their 14th in a row.

"when does Tavares' contract expire?"

He has nobody to play with, and NYI is not going to bring anyone in to help or mentor him. Heck, NYI is a team who refuses to put their injured players on LTIR just to make the league's minimum cap requirement. This is a team who cannot afford to call up players from the AHL because they are so dirt cheap. This is the same team that's given its radio broadcasting rights to a university radio station.

This is a dysfunctional organization that cannot even see the light at the end of the tunnel. If I were Tavares, I gotta wonder, why the heck am I ruining my career here? I would whine, hold out, do anything just to leave this team if I were Tavares.
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Then it'll be a question of which team can pony up the most to get him. Lindros wanted out of QC, and look what it took to get him. Tavares obviously won't require that much, but it'd going to be a pretty steep price if he does decide to bolt on the isles.
 
Tavares and Lindros are Macedonians/Greeks, truly a very unique people. When they take a "decision", it ain't all about dollars and cents.
 
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